Young As We Are
I was a child
once, playing in a meadow
listening to
the sound of a stream - the joy it would
bring
I was a princess,
all lace and fineness
I didn't know
what it meant to pretend I
was queen
I was an actress,
oh how I practiced my lines
Sure they were
mine
I was a goddess,
standing in a white dress
striking the
bell on the hill
turning the
wheel
Young as we are
caught in the
crossfire
living on the
edge of a dream
we write the
next scene
Young as we
are
eye of the hurricane
we pivot on
the axis of time
and we write
the next line
I was a child
once, I had a small voice
small enough
not to be heard - at least not
in words
but in all my
innocence, I had the presence
not to know
I could not be - anything I pleased
in my creations
of imagination, in my heart,
I knew my part
playing in a
meadow, I heard the world turn
and I took the
wheel in my hand
a small grain
of sand
Young as we are
caught in the
crossfire
living on the
edge of a dream
we write the
next scene
Young as we
are
eye of the hurricane
we pivot on
the axis of time
and we write
the next line
© Liesl Lee 1990,
revised 2000